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Introduction

Our coaches will devote a great deal of time and effort to the various training programmes. Many hours are spent with swimmers during normal sessions, training camps and competitions.

On this page you will find a biography on each coach. Also you will find a note of their coaching style and some details about themselves. Feel free to look around.

Coaches

&

Helpers

Fiona Anderson

Coaching Convenor (Staff & Pools) & Int. Squad

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Tom Watson

Head Coach (Adv. Squad) & Learn to Swim Co-ordinator

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Louise Allan-Brown

Coach - Prep Group

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David Little Poolside Helper  
Keith Inglis Poolside Helper  
Grant Denholm Poolside Helper  
Sheila Currie Poolside Helper  
Allison Kerr Poolside Helper  
Hilary Dean Poolside Helper  

Management

&

Reps.

Norma Wood

President

Grant Denholm

Vice-President

Kathy Pitcher

Hon. Secretary

Gavin Fulton

Hon. Treasurer

Norma Wood Membership Secretary  
Judith Allison Ordinary Member  
Allan Hamilton Ordinary Member  
Stewart Wilson Ordinary Member

Elinor Denholm Child Protection Officer

Keith Inglis

Social Committee


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Fiona Anderson - Coaching Convenor (staff & pools) & Intermediate Squad


Details:
 Full Name:
Fiona Margaret Anderson
 School:
Airyhall Primary then Aberdeen High School for Girls
 How long have you been with the club:
30 years!!!
 Biggest influence on swimming career:
Reading about Dawn Fraser at Australian Olympics many years ago.
 Favorite pool:
For Coaching its Leith Victoria, for swmming it was Portobello when it was Salt water as it was very fast.
 Best Competition:
Competing in Holland & France in the 1980's
 Proudest moment in swimming:
Swimming PB's in my mid-late twenties.
 Biggest disappointment in swimming:
Not Being Better
 Other sporting interests:
Running & Cycling
 Favourite Group/Musicians/singers:
Phil Collins
 Favourite Food:
Don't really have a favourite.
 Other Interests:
Cooking, Baking, Sweing and gardening.
 Anything Else:
I Hate Ironing!!.

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Tom Watson - Head Coach (Adv Squad) , Learn To Swim Administrator


Details:


 Full Name:
Tom Watson
 School:
Sciennes Primary, James Clark Secondary (now housing unit)
 How long have you been with the club:
Too Long to remember - 1978 I think
 Biggest influence on swimming career:
I was never a swimmer, I learned to swim at 15. Probably Hammy Smith.
 Favorite pool:
Portobello Open Air - Waves
 Best Competition:
National Meet, Run by Inverleith at the RCP between 1980 and 1986.
 Proudest moment in swimming:
Still to come
 Biggest disappointment in swimming:
!? You Do Not Want To Know
 Other sporting interests:
Football
 Favourite Group/Musicians/singers:
Neil Diamond, James Last
 Favourite Food:
Curry / Thai
 Other Interests:
Life Time Hearts Fan
 Anything Else:
I want to see the club strive and be successful.

 
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Louise Allan-Brown - Coach ~ Prep Group


Details:


 Full Name:
Louise Allan-Brown
 School:
Broughton Primary, Drummond High and then on to study Mathematics at Edinburgh University.
 How long have you been with the club:
Joined in 1979 aged 7. Coached for 14 years.
 Biggest influence on swimming career:
My mum encouraged me to keep going when I was younger.
 Favorite pool:
I dislike the cold so the Royal Blind School would have to be my favourite.
 Best Competition:
N/A
 Proudest moment in swimming:
I enjoyed competing and winning medals and flashes. I've still got them all in a box at home.
 Biggest disappointment in swimming:
Having glandular fever at age 10 then again at 16. It took me a while to recover and get back training again.
 Favourite Food:
Chinese
 Favourite Programme:
I enjoyed watching "One Thousand Acres of Sky."
 Other Interests:
I still enjoy swimming myself and keeping fit. I've got a membership of the Balmoral Hotel Fitness Club and I go to classes a few times a week.

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